In 2000, Brazil's Ministry of Health estimated the country had 300,000 poisonings a year and 5,000 deaths from pesticides; In an Indonesian study, 21 per cent of spray operations resulted in three or more neurobehavioural, respiratory, and intestinal signs or symptoms; and In a United Nations survey, 88 per cent of pesticide-using Cambodian farmers had experienced symptoms of poisoning.
- Según un estudio indonesio, el 21% de las operaciones de fumigación tenía como resultado tres o más síntomas o manifestaciones de neurosis, problemas respiratorios e intestinales; y